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Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - flaneur extraordinaire and Englishman abroad - as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps. 'Gussie' is not one to shun shut-eye himself, however. But his peaceful luxuriation is about to be rudely awakened by the arrival of an...

Tessa Graves's to-do list: Find her lost memories, kill the Patron, and restore honor to the House of Graves, if such a thing is even possible... The Cadwel incident did not go unnoticed, and as a result the Graves gals and Curtis Nash may be up a creek without a paddle. Old clientele are seeking to insure they don’t end up like the Cadwels by removing Graves, Graves, and Graves from the picture, permanently. And the only way to keep the Hidden government off their case is by solving one for the Tetrarch. (Never mind that it’s an unsolvable cold case from before Tessa could tie her own shoes.)

Ben Aaronovitch's bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series “The perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter.” —io9 Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of Police Constable Peter Grant or the Folly—London’s police department for supernatural cases—even when they happen...

A sister searches for her missing brother as a new power rises amid the splendour and the squalor of a once great city. Lower Rhumbsford is a city far removed from its glory days. On the banks of the great river Rhumb, its founding fathers channelled the river's mighty flow into a subterranean...

Auf dem Flohmarkt lässt sich Emilia von einer mysteriösen Frau ein Amulett aufschwatzen. In einem hitzigen Moment wünscht sie ihren untreuen Exfreund zur Hölle. Niemals hätte sie damit gerechnet, dass dieser Wunsch in Erfüllung gehen könnte! Emilia staunt nicht schlecht, als wenig später ein attraktiver Fremder auftaucht, der sich ihr als Acheron vorstellt und behauptet, sie sei dem Teufel nun einen Gefallen schuldig.

With a sentient tail and cat-like eyes, Gulliver O'Shea has always been different, and everyone can see it. Except for his best friend, the queen of Iskalt. She treats him like he matters. So, when she says jump, he flies. And when she asks him to travel through a portal to a strange human city and gather information on a dangerous group attacking fae, he reluctantly realizes he has no choice.

Armed with disturbing news about Snow, his unpredictable brother, Never picks up a cold trail on the rivers of Hanik. There he must face both new dangers and demons from his past, all the while doing his best to avoid becoming entangled in a brewing civil war.

William Hawkins, a crusty criminal lawyer, refuses to let go of his humanity and learn to “cat” after his murder and reincarnation as a feral kitten. His human body is missing, and he becomes the prime suspect in his own murder. As a feral kitten, he must connect three murders to fast cars, an open pit mine, meth dealers, coyotes, and the death of a large feral clowder. Can humans and animals really work together to clean up Crow River and bring down the kingpin that controls the local crime and drug scene?

Serena Brimstone, fierce warrior woman of the Northlands, awoke to find the enormous diamond she had recently claimed from a dying stranger embedded in her chest. Suddenly, old sparring partners refuse to fight her. Enemies throw down their weapons and profess their undying love for her. When Serena and three magicians are recruited by the enigmatic leader to seek out a legendary wizard and promised their hearts' desires in return, she hopes she has finally found a way to be rid of the diamond and the adoration it causes others to feel for her.

Toby Baxter can't wait to be a teenager. On the cusp of turning 13, the superhero-obsessed boy's jaw drops when a baffling stranger appears and begs him for help. But when he's led through a portal on a whirlwind trip to a magical land, he's terrified to be plunged mid-battle between elves and a legion of stinky trolls.

Tia O’Shea is beginning to lose hope. Hope that she’ll ever say goodbye to the foreign wastelands of Lenya. Hope that she’ll ever see her brother again. With a new king on the throne of Vondur, she is no longer a prisoner, but that doesn’t mean she is free.